William Smith

William, Willie, Will, Bill, or Billy Smith may refer to:

Academics

William Smith (Master of Clare College, Cambridge) (1556–1615), English academic

William Smith (antiquary) (c. 1653–1735), English antiquary and historian of University College, Oxford

William Smith (scholar) (1711–1787), English classical scholar and Anglican Dean of Chester

William Smith (Episcopal priest) (1727–1803), Scottish-born first provost of University of Pennsylvania

William Pitt Smith (1760–1796), American physician, educator and theological writer

William Andrew Smith (1802–1870), American college president and clergyman

William Smith (lexicographer) (1813–1893), English editor and publisher of dictionaries

William Robertson Smith (1846–1894), Scottish philologist, physicist, archaeologist and Biblical critic

William Benjamin Smith (1850–1934), American professor of mathematics at Tulane University

William Ramsay Smith (1859–1937), Australian anthropologist

William George Smith (1866–1918), Scottish psychologist

William Hall Smith (1866–after 1920), President of Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1916–1920

William Cunningham Smith (1871–1943), American academic of English literature, university administrator and writer

William Roy Smith (1876–1938), American academic historian

William Charles Smith (1881–1972), English musicologist

William Newton-Smith (1943–2023), Anglo-Canadian philosopher of science

Willie W. Smith (1907–1989), American physiologist

Arts and entertainment

Art and literature

William Smith (poet) (before 1570–after 1606), English sonneteer

William Thompson Russell Smith (1812–1896), Scottish-American painter

William Collingwood Smith (1815–1887), English painter

William Jardine Smith (1834–1884), Australian writer and editor

William Brooke Smith (before 1880–1908), American artist

William Twigg-Smith (1883–1950), New Zealand artist

William Hart-Smith (1911–1990), New Zealand/Australian poet

William E. Smith (artist) (1913–1997), African American illustrator

W. Eugene Smith (1918–1978), American photojournalist

William Craig Smith (1918–1986), American art director

William Arthur Smith (1918–1989), American artist

William Jay Smith (1918–2015), American poet

William Gardner Smith (1927–1974), African-American novelist

Bill Smith (jewelry designer) (born 1933), first African American recipient of Coty Award

Willi Smith (1948–1987), American fashion designer

Will Smith, American tech journalist, 2010 founder of Tested.com

Fictional characters

Bill Smith, in the Canadian TV comedy program The Red Green Show, played by Rick Green

Billy Smith, in the US late-night live sketch comedy variety show Saturday Night Live, played by Fred Armisen

Billy Smith, in the UK TV soap opera Coronation Street

Will Smith (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), TV series character

Will Smith (Home and Away), in the Australian TV soap opera Home and Away, played by Zac Drayson

Will Smith, child character in Wee Sing The Best Christmas Ever!

Music

Barkin' Bill Smith (1928–2000), American Chicago blues singer

Bill Smith (Canadian musician) (born 1938), Canadian record producer, musician, writer, editor

Bill Smith (English musician) (born 1940), founding member of the Quarrymen

Bill Smith (jazz musician) (1926–2020), folk jazz clarinetist, professor of music at the University of Washington

Major Bill Smith (1922–1994), American record producer and executive

William Smith (composer) (1603–1645), English composer from the city of Durham

William "Smitty" Smith (1944–1997), keyboardist and session musician

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (1936–2011), blues drummer and singer

Willie "Long Time" Smith, dates unknown, Chicago blues pianist and singer

Willie Smith (alto saxophonist) (1910–1967), jazz alto saxophonist

Willie "the Lion" Smith (1893–1973), jazz pianist

William Oscar Smith, jazz double bassist and music educator

Billo Smith (William David Smith, 1897–1973), Australian musician and bandleader

Other people in arts and entertainment

Will Smith (born 1968), American actor, rapper, and film producer

William "Gentleman" Smith (1730–1819), English stage star

William Henry Smith (1806–1872), American author of 1844 temperance play The Drunkard

William Smith (American actor) (1933–2021), American character performer

William Smith (17th-century actor) (died 1696), British actor

William Smith (teacher) (1939–2024), South African television science and mathematics presenter

Will Smith (comedian) (born 1971), English actor and writer

Business

William Henry Smith (1792–1865), entrepreneur whose business was about both newsagents and book shops, father of William Henry Smith (1825–1891)

William Smith (businessman) (1818–1912), nurseryman and donor to Hobart and William Smith Colleges

William Reardon Smith (1856–1935), British shipowner

Willie Reardon Smith (1887–1950), British shipowner

William Wensley Smith (1887–1955), founder of W. W. Smith Insurance Ltd

Law and crime

Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet (1766–1836), baronet

William W. Smith (Arkansas judge) (1838–1888), justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court

William A. Smith (Iowa judge) (1870–1958), justice of the Iowa Supreme Court

William A. Smith (Kansas judge) (1888–1968), associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court

William E. Smith (judge) (born 1959), judge on the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Sir William James Smith (1853–1912), British judge who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Cyprus, British Guiana and the Transvaal

William Francis Smith (1904–1968), judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

William Kennedy Smith (born 1960), physician and Kennedy family scion who was acquitted of rape in 1991

William Nimmo Smith, Lord Nimmo Smith (born 1942), former senator of the College of Justice and judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland

William Owen Smith (1848–1929), lawyer involved in overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii

William Redwood Smith (1851–1935), associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court

William Scott Smith (born 1959), American serial killer and kidnapper

William Smith (judge, born 1728) (1728–1793), historian, chief justice of the Province of New York, and chief justice of the Province of Quebec and later Lower Canada

William Smith (judge, born 1697) (1697–1769), father of John Smith, Doctor Thomas Smith, Joshua Hett Smith, and chief justice William Smith

William Smith (murderer) (1957–2005), executed by the State of Ohio in 2005

William "Tangier" Smith (1655–1705), chief justice of the Province of New York from 1692

William Trickett Smith (1937–2021), American lawyer who was disbarred

William Trickett Smith II (born 1981), his son, American drug trafficker convicted of murdering his wife in Peru in 2007

Military

Sir Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer) (William Sidney Smith, 1764–1840), British admiral

William Smith (patriot) (1746–1787), commanding officer of the Lincoln minutemen in the battles of Lexington and Concord

William Alexander Smith (Boys' Brigade) (1854–1914), founder of the Boys' Brigade

William Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden (1868–1928), known as Frederick Smith, officer in the British Army

William Douglas Smith (1865–1939), British general

William D. Smith (admiral) (1933–2020), US Navy admiral

William Duncan Smith (1825–1862), US Army officer and Confederate general

William Farrar Smith (1824–1903), Union Army general

William F. Smith (US Army Air Corps), piloted the US Army Air Corps B-25 Billy Mitchell Bomber that crashed into the Empire State Building

William H. Smith (Medal of Honor) (1847–1877), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

William James Lanyon Smith, New Zealand naval officer

William Osborne Smith (1833–1887), first acting commissioner of the North West Mounted Police

William Ruthven Smith (1868–1941), US Army officer

William Smith (c. 1872–1941), master of the SS Sauternes, English merchant seaman killed in World War II

William Smith (Medal of Honor, 1864) (1826–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

William Smith (Medal of Honor, 1869) (1838–?), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

William Smith (paymaster general) (1831–1912), US Army officer

William Smith (Royal Navy officer) (died 1756), served as commander-in-chief of the Jamaica Station and rose to rear admiral

William Smith (ship captain) (1768–1846), American ship captain and Revolutionary War veteran

William Smith (Virginia governor) (1797–1887), governor of Virginia (1846–1849, 1864–1865) and Confederate general

William Sooy Smith (1830–1916), American Civil War general

William Thomas Smith (1896–1994), World War I flying ace

William Watson Smith (1892–?), World War I flying ace

William W. Smith (admiral) (1888–1966), US Navy admiral during World War II

William Y. Smith (1925–2016), US Air Force general

Religion

William Smith (minister) (died 1647), buried in the Prophet's Grave near Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland

William Smith (Archdeacon of Armagh) (died 1673), English priest in Ireland

William Smith (Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen), 18th-century Scottish priest

William Smith (Latter Day Saints) (1811–1893), younger brother of Joseph Smith, Jr. and himself a Mormon leader

William Smith (bishop) (1819–1892), Catholic archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh

William R. Smith (Utah politician) (1826–1894), Mormon leader in Davis County, Utah Territory

William Saumarez Smith (1836–1909), Anglican bishop/archbishop of Sydney

William Smith (monsignor) (1939–2009), Catholic theologian

William Carr Smith (1857–1930), Church of England clergyman

William Angie Smith (1894–1974), bishop of the Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church

Science and architecture

Bill Smith (Motorola engineer) (1929–1993), one of the creators of Six Sigma

William Gardner Smith (botanist) (1866–1928), Scottish botanist and ecologist

William Smith (architect) (1817–1891), Scottish architect

William Smith (geologist) (1769–1839), English geologist

William Wright Smith (1875–1956), Scottish botanist and horticulturalist

W. Wheeler Smith (c. 1838–1908), American architect and real estate developer

Sports

American football

Bill Smith (American football, born 1912) (1912–1999), American football end

Earthquake Smith (William Gerald Smith, 1926–2009), American football tackle and end

Billy Ray Smith Jr. (1961–2026), American football player

Billy Ray Smith Sr. (1935–2001), American football player

Billy Smith (running back) (born c. 1970), American football running back

Wee Willie Smith (American football) (1910–1996), American football player

William F. Smith (American football) (1888–?), American college football player and coach

Willie Smith (American football coach) (1931–2016), head college football coach for the North Carolina Central University Eagles

Willie Smith (offensive tackle, born 1937), American football player

Willie Smith (offensive tackle, born 1986), American football offensive tackle

Willie Smith (tight end) (born 1964), American football tight end

Will Smith (defensive end) (1981–2016), American football defensive end

Will Smith (linebacker, born 1992), American football linebacker

Association football

Bill Smith (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1929), English footballer with Brentford, Southampton and Halifax Town

Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897) (1897–?), English footballer with Durham City and York City

Bill Smith (footballer, born 1906) (1906–1979), English footballer with Norwich City and Exeter City

Bill Smith (footballer, born 1926) (1926–2014), English footballer with Birmingham City and Blackburn Rovers

Bill Smith (footballer, born 1938), Scottish footballer with Raith Rovers and Darlington

Bill Smith (soccer), Canadian soccer player, active 1943–1963

Billy Smith (footballer, born 1872) (1872–?), English footballer with Wolverhampton Wanderers

Billy Smith (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1914), Scottish footballer for Newcastle United

Billy Smith (footballer, born 1882) (1882–?), English footballer for West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham

Billy Smith (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1951), English footballer with Huddersfield Town

Billy Smith (footballer, born 1900) (1900–?), English footballer with Hartlepool United, Huddersfield Town and Rochdale

Billy Smith (footballer, born 1906) (1906–1963), English footballer with South Shields, Portsmouth and Stockport County

Billy Smith (Scottish footballer) (1931–2009), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen

Buxton Smith (William Smith), English footballer with Buxton and Manchester City

Stockport Smith (William Smith), English footballer with Stockport and Manchester United

William A. Smith (footballer), English footballer with Blackburn Rovers

William Smith (footballer, born 1865) (1865–?), English goalkeeper with Burnley

William Smith (footballer, born 1868) (1868–1907), English footballer with Lincoln City, Loughborough, Notts County and Nottingham Forest

William Smith (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1956), footballer with Bradford City and Stoke

William Smith (footballer, born 1903) (1903–?), English footballer

William Smith (Scottish footballer), footballer with Hibernian

Willie Smith (footballer, born 1909), Scottish footballer see List of AFC Bournemouth players

Willie Smith (footballer, born 1943), Scottish footballer with Brentford

Willie Smith (footballer, born 1948), English footballer with Wimbledon

Will Smith (footballer, born 1998), English footballer for Harrogate Town

Will Smith (footballer, born 2005), English footballer for Stoke City

W. J. Smith (1893–1957), known as Billy, football manager, Aston Villa

Baseball

Big Bill Smith (1869–?), Negro leagues baseball catcher and manager

Bill Smith (baseball executive) (born 1958), Minnesota Twins general manager

Bill Smith (baseball manager), National Association player-manager for the Baltimore Marylands

Bill Smith (pitcher) (1934–1997), American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1958–59; 1962

Bill Smith (outfielder) (1865–1886), American baseball outfielder for the 1884 Cleveland Blues

Billy Smith (baseball coach) (born 1930), American minor league first baseman and manager and Major League coach and scout

Billy Smith (1980s pitcher) (1954–2025), American pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1981

Billy Smith (1880s pitcher) (1861–1928), American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1886

Billy Smith (second baseman) (born 1953), American infielder in Major League Baseball, 1975–79; 1981

Willie Smith (outfielder) (1939–2006), American outfielder in Major League Baseball, 1963–1971

Willie Smith (third baseman), American third baseman in Negro league baseball, 1938

Willie Smith (1940s pitcher), American pitcher in Negro league baseball, 1948

Willie Smith (1990s pitcher) (born 1967), American pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1994

Will Smith (pitcher) (born 1989), American pitcher in Major League Baseball

Will Smith (catcher) (born 1995), American baseball catcher

Dark Night Smith (William C. Smith), American pitcher in Negro league baseball, 1920–1924

Basketball

Bill Smith (basketball, born 1939) (1939–2023), American basketball player

Wee Willie Smith (1911–1992), American basketball player

William Smith (basketball, born 1949), American basketball player

Willie Smith (basketball) (born 1953), American professional basketball player

Cricket

Bill Smith (cricketer) (1937–2018), English cricketer

William Brook-Smith (1885–1952), New Zealand cricketer

William Smith (cricketer, born 1839) (1839–1897), first class cricketer for Yorkshire

William Smith (cricketer, born 1875) (1875–1942), first-class cricketer for London County

William Smith (cricketer, born 1882) (1882–?), English cricketer

William Smith (cricketer, born 1900) (1900–1990), English cricketer

William Smith (cricketer, born 1902) (1902–1937), Scottish cricketer

William Smith (Kent cricketer) (1819–1883), English cricketer

William Smith (Somerset cricketer) (1871–1946), English cricketer

Willie Smith (cricketer) (1885–1964), English cricketer

Will Smith (cricketer) (born 1982), English cricketer

Rugby football

Bill Smith, Australian rugby league footballer in the Bulimba Cup

Bill Smith, rugby league right wing of the 1950s for Whitehaven

Billy Smith (rugby league, born 1942) (1942–2026), Australian rugby league footballer

Billy Smith (rugby league, born 1999), Professional rugby league footballer

W. Smith (rugby league) (1886–1918), Australian rugby league footballer

Will Smith (rugby league) (born 1992), Australian rugby league footballer

William Smith (rugby union) (1881–1945), New Zealand rugby union player

Bill Smith (rugby league) (1904–1987), Australian rugby league footballer

Other sports

Bill Smith (Australian rules footballer) (1936–2010), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy

Billy Smith (Australian footballer) (1894–1953), played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League

Bill Smith (fell runner) (1936–2011), fell runner and author on the sport

Bill Smith (motorcyclist) (born 1935), former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer

Bill Smith (poker player) (1934–1996), professional poker player

Bill Smith (swimmer) (1924–2013), two-time gold medalist in the 1948 Olympic games

Billy Dee Smith (born 1982), Canadian former professional lacrosse player

Billy Smith (ice hockey) (born 1950), Canadian ice hockey goaltender

Mysterious Billy Smith (1871–1937), Canadian boxer

Will Smith (ice hockey) (born 2005), American ice hockey forward

William Alexander Smith (boxer) (1904–1955), South African boxer of the 1920s

William Smith (cyclist, born 1893) (1893–1958), South African Olympic cyclist

William Smith (cyclist, born 2004), British cyclist

William Smith (field hockey) (1886–1937), British field hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics

William Smith (sport shooter) (1877–1953), Canadian Olympic sport shooter

William Smith (wrestler) (1928–2018), 1952 Olympic gold medalist

Willie Smith (billiards player) (1886–1982), English professional player of snooker and English billiards

Willie Smith (golfer) (1876–1916), Scottish golfer

Willie Smith (hurdler) (born 1977), Namibian track and field hurdler

Willie Smith (hurler) (born 1944), Irish hurler

Willie Smith (sprinter) (1956–2020), American 400 metres runner

Politics

Australia

William Collard Smith (1830–1894), treasurer in colonial Victoria (Australia)

William Laird Smith (1869–1942), Australian representative for Denison, 1910–1922 and Minister for the Navy, 1920–1921

William Forgan Smith (1887–1953), premier of the Australian state of Queensland, 1932–1942

William Kennedy Smith (Australian politician) (1888–1933)

Canada

William Smith (Nova Scotia politician) (died 1779), merchant, judge and politician in Nova Scotia

Amor De Cosmos (William Alexander Smith, 1825–1897), premier of British Columbia

William Henry Smith (Canadian politician) (1826–1890), lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada

William Smith (Ontario politician) (1847–1931), member of Canadian House of Commons 1887–1921

William C. Smith (politician) (1875–1968), politician from Alberta, Canada

William Haslam Smith (1891–1958), businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada

William Duncan Smith (politician) (1899–1977), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Bill Smith (Alberta politician) (born 1934), former mayor of Edmonton

William Smith (Newfoundland politician) (1910–1965), politician in Newfoundland

J. William Smith (1868–1937), member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

New Zealand

William Mein Smith (1798–1869), key actor in the early settlement of New Zealand's capital city, Wellington

William Cowper Smith (1843–1911), Liberal Party member of parliament in New Zealand

United Kingdom

William Goldsmith alias Smith (died 1517), MP for Gloucester

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